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Historical Event on 7/24/1994

Bodo kills 37 moslems in Bashbari, North Eastern India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/1985Rajiv Gandhi concludes the first official visit to Japan by an Indian Prime Minister at Tokyo.
6/29/1909Pandit Motilal, social reformer and freedom fighter, was born.
8/25/1965Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1988-89), was born in Delhi.
4/14/1944Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.
1/30/1959Uranium Metal Project started producing Uranium at Trombay, Mumbai.
6/16/1992P. D. Dhhavle, former editor of daily newspaper `Maharashtra', passed away.
4/2/1933Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj, jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, passed away. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the King of a great game"". He scored 989 Test runs with a 1st-class avg. 56.
4/12/1912Kirpal Singh Narang, social reformer and educationist, was born at Amritsar (Punjab).
9/24/1856Henry, first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore and Governor General of India, passed away.
6/18/1858Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi died while fighting with the British troops in the battlefield near Gwalior.